Year: 2016
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Racial Bias and Arrest Tech
Of the many disappointing decisions about surveillance, the recent SCOTUS decision in Utah v Strieff disappoints more than most. Jennifer Lynch and Adam Schwartz reveal the racist bias in contemporary street surveillance.
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Does a Fitbit Make You More Active?
Peter Janiszewski looks at his wife’s Fitbit and asks how helpful it can really be.
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A Sideways Glance
And now for something completely different. Some young adult fiction by Amanda Lawrence Auverigne, in which two friends ask: is it love, or just low blood sugar?
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Populism: The Eternal Ideology
The revival of populist ideology across the Americas and Europe prompts this thought piece from two continents.
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The Quirky Tranquility of Japanese Suburbia, in Photos
Nevin Thompson plunges into the photography of the Japanese Suburbia Tumblr to bring you these images of odd.
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Sunday Comics
Tell me, Holy Roller, are you standing like a soldier? Are you reading the Sunday Comics we talk about?
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Smartphones Won’t Make Your Kids Dumb. We Think.
Like many parents, Sandy is concerned about how much time her 18-month-old spends in front of screens. Weighing up the available evidence, Olivia Solon explains that she might be worrying too much.
